Jim Graham

“Jim Graham was born in the Glasgow area, shortly before the end of the Second World War. He grew up with rationing, and an abiding love of Tunnock’s tea cakes.

“After leaving school, Jim worked as a butcher’s delivery driver, then a steward on a cruise to Canada, and then a lumberjack. He therefore understood a great deal about hard work and low-paid employment, before he came to study law.

“Jim studied law at Edinburgh University in the early 1970s. He was a keen member of Edinburgh University Dramatic Society and The Traverse Theatre Club – perhaps he learned some of his court skills from there, because Jim could look down his nose in a way that chilled the blood.

“But his love of social justice was genuine. Jim cared deeply for the victims of crime, and also for those forced into crime by poverty. He welcomed the diversion scheme for this reason.

“Jim was a gifted prosecutor, hard-working and dedicated, and well-respected by colleagues across the criminal justice system. He was a trusted, kind and supportive colleague, and spent a great deal of his career leading teams and coaching and mentoring young prosecutors and prosecution staff, always giving of his time freely.”

Read the full obituary on The Scotsman’s website.